Pooh

Baby Jaws has been sharing his sippy cup with Pooh.
He has been helping Pooh go potty after he drinks too.
He also helps Pooh puke in the potty. You're lucky I don't have a picture of that one...yet.

Baked Salmon

We've been grilling salmon all summer, but last night I decided to try it baked. I haven't eaten a lot of salmon. I grew up on suckers, catfish and bass. All fried too! I never knew there was another way to eat fish until I met Hubs.

I placed the salmon skin side down in my baking dish and spread a little mayo over the top. I then added seasoned salt, lemon pepper seasoning and panko bread crumbs. Of course, I never measure anything. I baked it for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees and then broiled it for 4-5 minutes on low to get the panko crumbs browned nicely. I actually liked it a lot better than the grilled salmon we've been having.

Banana Muffins

We made banana muffins! I used this recipe. I followed the recipe, but left out the nuts and the granola. I also had enough batter to make 12 regular muffins and 24 mini muffins, plenty to freeze. Next time I make them, I'm going to add my Kashi Dark Chocolate Almond Granola cereal. Yum!

Root Beer Pulled Pork

I made root beer pulled pork a couple of days ago. I had never tried it before, but am so glad I did. It is so good! All I did was put a pork roast in my crock pot, poured about 12 oz. of root beer over it and let it cook on low for about 6 hours.

After it was done, I drained the root beer juices off and shredded the roast. Then I added a bottle of BBQ sauce and let it warm up about 30 more minutes. We ate it on hamburger buns and loved it!
I also made baked fries to go along with our pulled pork sandwiches. I just cut up russet potatoes, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with salt, pepper and McCormick's Garlic Herb Seasoning Blend. I don't remember how long it took to bake them. I baked them, as my mom would say, until they were done. They went along great with our sandwiches and it was a quick, easy meal.

Of Moons and Boobs

We had spaghetti for dinner tonight. I always make the boys put on their spaghetti-eating-shirts when we have it so that they don't stain their good shirts. Since Baby Jaws has been on a naked kick ("nay-nay" as he says) and runs around in nothing but a Pull-Up all day, Big Brother decided he would eat in nothing but his underwear. So we were eating dinner when I looked over and saw Big Brother's bare butt in the chair. He pulled his underwear up pretty quickly when I told him I was on my way to spank his little moon.

Later, Big Brother was taking a bath and I was helping him wash his hair. He reached down and touched his nipple, laughed and said, "I just touched my boob!"

I said, "Well, it's ok if you touch your boob."

I know for a fact that it was his Daddy's genes shining through when he said, "You have big ones!"

I laughed so hard that I could not breathe, then told Hubs that Big Brother was definitely his child.

Silent Night

Squeaky Clean

I just found a ball in the washing machine. I'm just glad it wasn't a diaper this time.

Letter Fun

Big Brother has been bringing his Poetry Folder home each Monday from school. He works on reading it and recognizing the words throughout the week and returns it on Friday.

Today I wanted to make it a little more fun for him. He loves playing with our Scrabble and UpWords games and had a great time spelling out all the sentences in his poem.

We play with all sorts of letters. We have many different sets of magnets, foam letters, stickers, games like Scrabble, UpWords and Boggle. Big Brother even loves playing with and eating Alpha Bits cereal. We use lots of letters because they are all just more fun ways for him to learn.